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Literature: history & criticism

Paperback. Has anyone ever worked harder and longer at being immature than novelist Philip Roth? This book examines Roth's 'mature immaturity' in its depth and richness. It lets readers to reconsider the narrow categories into which Roth has often been slotted - laureate of Newark, New Jersey; junior partner in the firm Salinger, Bellow, Mailer, and Malamud. Num Pages: 328 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBH; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 474.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691138435
ISBN
9780691138435
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.55

Hardcover. A remarkable work that recovers the songs Shakespeare's audiences actually heard and brings them to life through performance. Num Pages: 528 pages, 49 illustrations, 500 music examples. BIC Classification: AVGC2; AVQS; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 219 x 259 x 34. Weight in Grams: 1330.
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Edition
HAR/COM
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393058895
ISBN
9780393058895
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 44.37

Hardback. This collection of 14 essays asks how Georges Perec has continued to influence of Media and Communication at us after his death. Swinburne University ofTechnology. What do Perec's descriptions of the minutiae of everyday life reveal about our use of information and communications technologies?. Editor(s): Wilken, Rowan; Clemens, Justin. Num Pages: 320 pages, 12 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSK; HPN; HPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474401241
ISBN
9781474401241
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 106.98
€ 102.41

Paperback. Offers a vision of Henry James as a social critic whose later works can be read as rich with homo-erotic suggestiveness. Drawing from work in queer and feminist theory, this book argues that the most fruitful approach to James is one that ignores the elitist portrait of the formalist master. Series: New Americanists. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBF; DSK; JFFK; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 413.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822321477
ISBN
9780822321477
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.35

Paperback. .
Publisher
Steve Savage Publishers Limited United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
2nd
Condition
New
SKU
V9781904246329
ISBN
9781904246329
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.91

hardcover. Series: Modern Literature Initiative. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 2ADF; DSA; DSB; HBTQ; TBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Virginia Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813939223
ISBN
9780813939223
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 92.46

Paperback. Series: Modern Literature Initiative. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 2ADF; DSA; DSB; HBTQ; TBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Virginia Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813939230
ISBN
9780813939230
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.87

hardcover. This volume offers the first translation into English of two seminal works by the seventeenth-century French woman author, Marie-Catherine Desjardins, better known as Madame de Villedieu. Editor(s): Lalande, Roxanne Decker. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 165 x 14. Weight in Grams: 404.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Fairleigh Dickinson University Press United States
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611473100
ISBN
9781611473100
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 102.71

hardcover. Addresses the dilemma of the female subject in these three twentieth-century British women novelists. Num Pages: 241 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 248 x 165. Weight in Grams: 530.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Associated University Presses United States
Number of pages
241
Condition
New
SKU
V9781575910222
ISBN
9781575910222
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 129.01

hardcover. Treating poverty not simply as a theme in literature but as a force that in fact shapes the texts themselves, Rimstead adopts the notion of a common culture to include ordinary voices in national culture, in this case the national culture of Canada. Num Pages: 304 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; DSK; JFFA; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 160 x 28. Weight in Grams: 640.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802044945
ISBN
9780802044945
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 91.61

Paperback. Provides an annotated translation of the famous Chin P'ing Mei, an anonymous sixteenth-century Chinese novel that focuses on the domestic life of His-men Ch'ing, a corrupt, upwardly mobile merchant in a provincial town, who maintains a harem of six wives and concubines. Series: Princeton Library of Asian Translations. Num Pages: 720 pages, 40 halftones. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DSBD; DSK; FC; FYT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 156 x 235 x 45. Weight in Grams: 1060.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
720
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691126197
ISBN
9780691126197
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 39.41

Paperback. Provides a complete and annotated translation of the famous "Chin P'ing Mei", an anonymous sixteenth-century Chinese novel that focuses on the domestic life of Hsi-men Ch'ing, a corrupt, upwardly mobile merchant in a provincial town, who maintains a harem of six wives and concubines. Translator(s): Roy, David Tod. Series: Princeton Library of Asian Translations. Num Pages: 520 pages, 40 illus. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DSBD; DSK; FC; FYT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 232 x 157 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1048.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
714
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Edition
Revised ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691016146
ISBN
9780691016146
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.49

Hardcover. Num Pages: 233 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2AB; DSA; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 477.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
233
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295998992
ISBN
9780295998992
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.25

Paperback. In this compelling first volume in the Blackwell Introductions to Literature series, Roy Flannagan, editor of The Milton Quarterly, provides a readable and uncluttered critical account of a complicated and sophisticated author, and his poetry and prose. Series: Blackwell Introductions to Literature. Num Pages: 144 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1DB; 2AB; DCF; DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 156 x 10. Weight in Grams: 218.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631226208
ISBN
9780631226208
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 44.53

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 372 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSA; DSB; HBAH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 685.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
372
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691648675
ISBN
9780691648675
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 186.09

Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: BJ; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 170 x 24. Weight in Grams: 592.
Publisher
NeWest Press Canada
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781896300702
ISBN
9781896300702
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 24.42

Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 2AB; DSBH; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 146 x 24. Weight in Grams: 482.
Publisher
NeWest Press Canada
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781897126936
ISBN
9781897126936
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 18.90

Hardcover. Num Pages: 112 pages, 75 illustrations, 65 in colour. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 168 x 237 x 18. Weight in Grams: 498.
Publisher
Thames & Hudson
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780500252246
ISBN
9780500252246
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.98

Paperback. Num Pages: 314 pages, 23 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 2GJ; DSBB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231069595
ISBN
9780231069595
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.60

Paperback. "No Plays" are a major contribution to Japanese theatre. These lyric dramas evolved in the 14th century from ritual dances associated with Shinto worship, and their form became fixed in the 17th century. This book looks at this Japanese art form and its influences on Western writers. Translator(s): Tyler, Royall. Num Pages: 384 pages, bibliog. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 2ADT; 2GJ; 3H; 3J; DSA; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 26. Weight in Grams: 284.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780140445398
ISBN
9780140445398
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.62

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Peepal Tree Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845231743
ISBN
9781845231743
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 28.38

hardcover. A new critical edition of the first Protestant catechism to be published in English. The editors' introduction establishes the historical, religious, social and cultural contexts out of which the work was born. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; DSB; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 162 x 28. Weight in Grams: 670.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802043894
ISBN
9780802043894
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 86.69

Paperback. Editor(s): Howard, Tony. Translator(s): Plebanek, Barbara; Howard, Tony; Czerniawski, Adam. Num Pages: 314 pages. BIC Classification: 2AGP; DD; DSBH; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 212 x 137 x 16. Weight in Grams: 370.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
314
Condition
New
SKU
V9780714530376
ISBN
9780714530376
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.41

Hardback. Employing a wide range of critical perspectives and new comparative contexts, Flann O'Brien: Contesting Legacies breaks new ground in O'Brien scholarship by testing a number of popular commonplaces about this Irish (post-) Modernist author. Editor(s): Borg, Ruben; Fagan, Paul; Werner, Huber. Num Pages: 294 pages. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 244 x 164 x 28. Weight in Grams: 624.
Publisher
Cork University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782050766
ISBN
9781782050766
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 39.00
€ 31.26

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